A new map traces the sky’s water highways
Atmospheric rivers bring heavy rain and floods, but if they don’t come around, it could mean drought. A new global map reveals little-known pathways.
Category: Science
A quasar breaks the record for most distant supermassive black hole
The Euclid space telescope discovery could help researchers understand how black holes grew so massive so quickly in the early universe.
‘It affects your daily life suddenly’: Sea level researcher explains why once-in-a-century floods could become the new normal
Extreme coastal flooding events are occurring far more frequently in our warming world than ever before, threatening countless communities that will only become more vulnerable
Space shuttle photobombs Earth for the final time, 15 years ago — Earth from space
QUICK FACTS Where is it? Over the Bahamas What’s in the photo? The space shuttle Atlantis, preparing to dock with the International Space Station (ISS)
NASA Astronaut Anil Menon
NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Anil Menon poses in a spacesuit for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
Why Am I Left-Handed?
When I was first learning to write, my letters and words ran from right to left, reversed as if in a mirror. Being left-handed, I
5 ‘extremely rare’ iron shackles discovered in France highlight Celtic slave trade 2,300 years ago
Archaeologists have found five pairs of iron shackles at a 2,300-year-old Celtic site in France — a discovery that suggests the small settlement was frequented
Sweet! Sugar found in raspberries was discovered near the Milky Way’s center, hinting that life’s ingredients are common in space
Interstellar space just got a little sweeter: A type of sugar called erythrulose has been found near the center of the Milky Way, according to
Whether lefty or righty, practice makes the difference
Researchers looking for the origins of left-right dominance in the brain found no innately better motor skills on either side.
Meet the Milky Way’s puffiest planets
Two “superpuff” planets orbiting a sunlike star over 1,000 light-years from Earth are as big as Jupiter and as dense as cotton candy.
Elamite helmet with divine figures: A warrior king’s 3,500-year-old bronze armor depicting a raptor and gold-plated gods
QUICK FACTS Name: Elamite helmet with divine figures What it is: A bronze helmet with gold decorations Where it is from: Southwestern Iran When it
Black Eye Galaxy
Easily identified by the spectacular band of dark dust that partially obscures its bright core, Messier 64, or the Black Eye Galaxy, is characterized by
Venezuela’s devastating ‘earthquake doublet’ holds a warning for California’s San Andreas Fault
The two major earthquakes that struck Venezuela just 39 seconds apart on June 24 had slightly different epicenters in north-central Venezuela. The first (M7.2) struck
James Webb telescope captures never-before-seen glimpse of ‘Centaur’ galaxy’s battle wounds — Space photo of the week
Quick facts What it is: Centaurus A galaxy (NGC 5128) Where it is: 11 million light-years away, in the constellation Centaurus When it was shared: